Bronze Age Socketed Chisel. Middle-late Bronze Age, circa 15...

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Bronze Age Socketed Chisel. Middle-late Bronze Age, circa 1500-800 BCE. Copper-alloy, 27.65g. 48mm. A short narrow chisel or gouge with deep socket. Ref: The Archaeological Journal Vol IV (1849), page 382, found at Westow, Yorkshire, and in the Archaeological Journal IX (1852), pages 302-3, found at Romford, Essex. Evans (1881) also describes other socketed chisels found at Heathery Burn Cave, Durham;